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Branta canadensis minima Ridgway. (27-116.) 
Branta minima Ridgway, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vol. viii. p. 22, 1885: 
Alaska, North America. (Fig. as munroei , Av. Lays. pi. 80.) 
Bernicla munroii Rothschild, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1892, p. 108: Kauai, 
Hawaiian Islands. 
Distr. —North-West America to Hawaiian Islands. 
Genus ANSERANAS Lesson. 
An8eranas Lesson, Manuel d’Orn. vol. ii. p. 418, June 1828. Type (by 
monotypy) : Anas melanoleuca Latham = A. semipalmata Latham. 
Choristopus Eyton, Monogr. Anatidee, p, 8, June 1838. Type (by original 
designation): Anas semipalmata Latham. 
Chenogeranus Brown, Illus. Gen. Birds, no. v. sign, u 2, p. 88, 1845 (end). 
In synonymy of Anseranas. 
Anseranas semipalmata (Latham). 
Anseranas semipalmata semipalmata (Latham). (27-44.) 
Anas semipalmata Latham, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. vol. iv. p. 103 
(before May 24th), 1798: Hawkesbury R iver, New South Wales. 
(Fig. Gould, vii. pi. 2; Math. pi. 201.) 
Anas melanoleuca Latham, Index Orn., Suppl. p. lxix, 1801 (after May): 
Sydney. 
Chenogeranus australis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. iv. p. 166, March 7th, 
J? 22 : ^ !ls B yuonym of semipalmata , ex Brown, Rep. Council Manchester Nat. 
Hist. Soc. p. 4, Jan. 1842 : nude name. 
Distr .—Southern Australia. 
Anseranas semipalmata hamiltoni Mathews. 
Anseranas semipalmata hamiltoni Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. i. 
p. 85, Sept. 18th, 1912: Parry’s Creek, North-West Australia. 
Distr. —Northern Australia and New Guinea. 
Genus CHENISCUS Eyton. 
Cheniscus Eyton, Monogr. Anatidae, p. 15, June 1838. Type (by 
original designation) : Anas coromandeliana Gmelin. 
? Cheniscus Stephens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zool. vol. xiv. pt. 1, p. 344, 1826 (end), ex 
Brookes MS. : nomen nudum. 
Anserella Swainaon, Classif. Birds, vol. ii. p. 189, July 1st, 1837: nomen 
nudum. 
Anserella Gray, Cat. Gen, Subgon. Birds, p. 122, Oct. 1855. Type (by original 
designation): A. coromandeliana Gmelin. Not of Selby, Cat. Gen. Subgen. 
Avob, p. 47, 1840. 
Microcygna Gray, List Gen. Birds, April 1840, p. 73. Type (by original desig¬ 
nation) : A. coromandeliana Gmelin. 
Cheniscus coromandelianus (Gmelin). 
Distr .—India, China, Philippines, Sunda Islands, Celebes, 
Australia. 
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